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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Mar 20.
Published in final edited form as: Prev Med. 2021 Mar 23;150:106529. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106529

Table 2.

Share of total annual health care spending attributable to U.S. Adult cigarette smoking, by type of service, 2010–2014.

Type of service Percent attributable fractiona (95% CI)
Inpatient 16.4%
(7.9%–26.1%)
Non-Inpatientb 6.0%
(2.3%–10.5%)
Prescription drug 13.4%
(8.4%–18.7%)

Note: The sum of individual categories may not equal the total because of rounding.

CI, Confidence interval.

a

Health care spending associated with dental services was excluded.

b

Non-inpatient care includes outpatient services, physician and clinical services, and other professional services.